Carr B. White

Carr Bailey White (8 February 1823-30 September 1871) was a US Army Brigadier-General who commanded the Union 12th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War.

Biography
Carr Bailey White was born in Mason County, Kentucky in 1823, and he moved to Ohio at a young age. He served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War, and he worked as a physician from his discharge in 1847 until the start of the American Civil War in 1861, upon which he was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th Ohio Infantry. After Colonel John W. Lowe was killed at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, White took command of the regiment, fighting at the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam. In the spring of 1863, White was promoted to brigade command, organizing "Spencer's Scouts" and operating against John S. Mosby's Confederate guerrillas in West Virginia. In April 1864, White fought at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, sustaining heavy casualties. He was mustered on 11 July 1864, and he died in Georgetown, Ohio in 1871.